When I saw the theme at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge was Let's Be On Time, I started thinking about what sentiments in my stash talked about time. I started with three clock stickers from three different sticker collections from {a vintage girl} & her daughter – Steampunk, Gold Steampunk and Wild West. Remember using … Read more
This afternoon I die cut the entire Simon Says Stamp Diamond Tiles Die Set twice from 3 different colors of Cardstock (grey, light blue and golden yellow). Then I set down with white card bases and began to play creating a gift set of cards by piecing the cardstock together. The first one paired 8 … Read more
Now that #gellinktober has passed, I want to turn all of my great inky gel press prints into cards. Today's card is made from the print I made by rolling-off the Alcohol Ink onto regular cardstock using some blending solution (a technique I definitely want to play more with). I paired it with … Read more
This morning's card was inspired by the Just Add Ink Just Choose Two Challenge. I chose to combine Sequins with Metallic Foil together with the Sketch Saturday Layout. My background is Gina K. Designs Dazzling Orange Foil with her Holiday Foil Mates … and there is Gold Foil in my alcohol inked rectangles … Read more
The current Seize the Birthday Challenge is to use your Scraps. I decided to combine it with the Color Hues Challenge and make my scraps Blue & Orange. I created a paper pieced stripes background and then used scraps to die cut my sweet little Simon Says Stamps Large Gnome. … Read more
I used some new glittery designer paper from DCWV Halloween Garden for this week's CAS(e) this Sketch! The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp Cathy Zielske Set Hollaween. My embellishment is a 3-D Glittery Spider sticker.
This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is Steampunk, so I pulled out my Steampunk Stickers from {a vintage girl} & her daughter for some cards … remember my code SMILYNSTEF gets you 15% off your order. I just love the floral elements in these designs, so I used those colors for my … Read more
The June Challenge at Memory Box is all about Birthdays. I decided to finally ink up the gorgeous exclusive Memory Box / Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Fresh Bouquet Set in Versafine Clair Ink on Bristol White Cardstock. Then I revisited an old technique of using a transparency and Distress Inks for some selective ink … Read more
I was crowned the Queen of the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers a few weeks ago, so I have the lovely pleasure of guest designing with their I is for Ink Challenge today. I had fun taking the Online Card Class Spring Card Camp with Jennifer and Kristina and learning how to create my own … Read more
Today's Spring Card Camp Class is all about Abstract Backgrounds. Yanna Smakula shared a video with an all-over inked background, but I was drawn to Seeka's partially inked designs, so that is what inspired my card. When I was cleaning out some seldom-opened drawers this morning I found some dry mini ink pads that I … Read more